someone up a mix of this stuff please, something good and danceable.
here's a mix of mine from last year when i was doing a show on a pirate in Bristol, some more danceable stuff alongside a few slightly more 'nujazz' tracks. Hopefully the banter doesn't distract too much.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1RS0IV7Z
I-Wolf - Fallin' (Stereotyp remix) - Klein
Freeform Five - Electromagnetic (Seiji remix) - Four Music
Nitin Sawhney - Rainfall (Bugz in the Attic remix) - V2
Season - Juice (Afronaught remix) - Nuevo Ritmo
Fat Jon - Everywhere (Desha remix) - Exceptional
Flowriders - Soul Searchin - 4 Lux
Bugz in the Attic - Zombie - Bitasweet
Just One - Love2Love - Neroli
Al Da Bubble - Double Trouble - Archive
Daz-I-Kue - Black - Bloodfire
October - Ya Know - Fluid Ounce
Lekan Babalola - Asokere (I.G. Culture Mix) - Lex 51
Seiji - Loose Lips - Bitasweet *
Daz-I-Kue vs. Exile - Melon Bounce - Sound In Color
Tito Sensai - Shelembeh - Main Squeeze
Afronaught - Carnaval - Bitasweet
Seiji & Spoonface - Yin Yang - Honest Jon's
Afronaught - Golpe Tuyo Calinda - Bitasweet *
Daz-I-Kue - Move Part 1 - Sound In Color
I think Hint has it pretty right saying it existed in a bubble, most of the above tunes are from 2000-04 I think. The Bugz were responsible for a large amount of the quality output in their individual guises - see how many of the above tracks/remixes are by Seiji, Afronaught, Daz-I-Kue or I.G. Culture.
Since they found success with Booty La La and the Doghouse LP they stuck to the Bugz stuff which I find more sterile and generic, certainly less inventive. Broken to me usually meant experimentation with drum placement (compared to breaks etc), flirtation with soul/house/latin/ethno influences and finished off with a healthy dollop bass, and always with a sense of humour in there somewhere.
What's quite interesting is how many of the original W London broken crew came from the Reinforced jungle sound - Dego 4hero aka Nutmeg, Seiji, Domu (of Sonar Circle on Reinforced), Mark Force aka G Force, Colin Lindo aka Alpha Omega and so on...
edit btw I fucking HATE Future Rage, and Trash Da Junk which was a similar-ish early broken anthem.
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